Stroz Friedberg Assigned Patent

Stroz Friedberg, Inc., New York, NY, has been assigned a patent (10,032,019) developed by Allison, Donald E., Richmond, VA, and Mendelson, Kenneth A., Washington, DC, for a “system, method, and computer program product for detecting access to a memory device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Discrete events that take place with respect to a hard disk drive or other I/O device or port are indicated to logic that implements Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, (SMART) or similar technology. These events are communicated to SMART as event data. Examples of such discrete events include power on, power off, spindle start, and spindle stop, positioning of the actuator, and the time at which such events occur. SMART then compiles event data to create compiled activity data. Compiled activity data represents summary statistical information that is created by considering some or all of the event data. Examples of compiled activity data include the Time Powered On and Power Cycle Count. Collection logic then writes the compiled activity data to a memory medium. An analyst can then read data from log file(s).”

The patent application was filed on November 17, 2015 (14/943,565).